Thread: Why do North American journalists ignore Nokia and Maemo?
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2010-01-15 , 22:34
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
My point is that the market is the way it is. Nokia, apparently, isn't going to be able to compete by getting the government to fix things for them so their next option is to compete on value. Something they're apparently unwilling or unable to do in the US.
And MY point is that Nokia didn't "try to get the government to fix things" but rather made an end run around the US carrier model, failed largely due to competitor short-sightedness, and has been spanked by the carriers for it ever since.

You're a sharp guy GA and I'll be damned if I can figure out why you keep returning to an invalidated argument.
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